FILE - Lawrence Tureaud, better known as Mr. T attends the Starlight Awards at the Skirball Cultural Center in this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 file photo taken in Los Angeles. Sporting his usual Mohawk and wearing an FBI sweatshirt and hat, but not a gold chain, the star of "Rocky III" and TV's "The A-Team" signed autographs and made his feelings known as he waited outside a suburban Chicago courthouse to be called for jury duty Friday Aug. 15, 2014. Tureaud wasn't picked as a juror. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Starlight Children's Foundation/AP Images)

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (AP) — Lawrence Tureaud, better known as Mr. T, was in true form as he waited outside a suburban Chicago courthouse to be called for jury duty.

Sporting his usual Mohawk and wearing an FBI sweatshirt and hat, but not a gold chain, the star of “Rocky III” and TV’s “The A-Team” signed autographs and made his feelings known.

He said, “I pity the criminals today,” as he explained he had been designated a potential juror for a trial scheduled for Friday.

The Daily Herald in Arlington Heights reports the 62-year-old Tureaud said he never considered “playing hooky” after receiving the jury summons to the Rolling Meadows court.

Mr. T said he understood his duty and said it’s not his style to shirk responsibilities.

Tureaud wasn’t picked as a juror.

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